It dates back to the second half of the 1600s. The facade is simple, with a gabled crowning equipped with a cornice, interrupted by a small arch on which a small carved stone cross is inserted. It presents a “pseudo-basilical” plan with the nave longer toward the entrance. On the sides are two chapels on each side. A fifth room, outside the geometric design of the plan, was used as a sacristy. The presbytery area shows an obliterated round arch. Of note inside are the pilasters, white tuff cornices that embellish its openings, vault shutters and arches left exposed. The side chapels are covered with a stone barrel vault and are connected by a segmental opening. A sandstone stoup with a basin arranged on an ornate baluster and plinth that has an image of a saint, perhaps St. James, on the front side is valuable. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, a milestone column was discovered – walled up near the church – that had been erected around 208 A.D. by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus on the main Roman road, the Carales-Turris Libisonis, near the 13th mile.
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